With thanks to everyone who helped me locate the Upland Sandpiper, I'm happy to
report it was clearly visible at 10 am in the open median just east of Oak
Beach and just west of a dirt road that crosses the median. Actually fairly
visible from either east or west bound Ocean parkway. Don't atte
I must be living right, to have waited this long before trying, and still
find this accommodating grassland-stalker ! With thanks to Joe Jannsen (a
man I haven't met) whose posting yesterday got me "up and moving" ! At 1130
today, the Uppie was exactly where he said, "just e/o Oak Beach near pole
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We saw the Upland Sandpiper this morning at approx 8:45 in the usual spot
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Sayville NY
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The Upland Sandpiper is still hanging out in median east of the Oak Beach
entrance, west of the turnaround.
It keeps crossing through the brambles in the median, so sometimes it's
visible on the eastbound side and sometimes visible on the westbound side.
There's no real room to park on the westbo
Still present in the median, east of the Oak Beach entrance and before the
turnaround, 9:15am
Karen Fung and Malcolm Morris
NYC
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Currently being seen on the south median near the metal guardrail fence, just
east of the Oak Beach parking lot.
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston
Vincent Cagno
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The recently reported Upland Sandpiper was seen today, 12:00 -12:25PM
at Robert Moses State Park. The bird was in the low grass, on the
south roadside shoulder between Parking Lots 4 and 5, just east of
the turn-around. It walked between the road and the berm, and was
clearly visible at a